Australia TODAY looks into key stories featuring in the front page of major daily newspapers.
The Australian
Refugees on Nauru and Manus Island have told officials they are hoping a new
government will be elected and tough border security policies overhauled,
delivering them a pathway to resettle in Australia and New Zealand.
A record number of Labor MPs will owe their seats in parliament to the Greens if
Bill Shorten wins next Saturday's election, fuelling claims that the Opposition
Leader will be "indebted" to the minor party.
The Financial Review
Labor will promise a budget surplus more than twice the size of the coalition's
within four years when it releases official policy costings that will show its
proposed tax increases will raise $154 billion over 10 years.
Business is anxious about a likely Shorten Labor government due to uncertainty
about its union-friendly industrial relations agenda and a high 45 per cent
emissions reduction target.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Younger Australians are getting a "dud deal" from a system that is stacked
against them, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has declared, calling for a mandate
for his sweeping plans to restore penalty rates, scale back tax breaks and boost
action on climate change.
The Age
Labor has promised to spend $1billion to buy land between Melbourne, Canberra,
Sydney and Brisbane to build a future high-speed rail link.
Former Labor immigration minister Nick Bolkus is involved in a lobbying effort
by Chinese mining interests to access a secretive Defence Department site where
Australia and its allies conduct highly sensitive military research.
The Daily Telegraph
Power prices would be slashed by 25 per cent if the coalition wins the election,
Scott Morrison will promise today. The coalition will announce an electricity
"price target" in a bid to sway undecided voters.
The Herald Sun
Schools are facing a maths teacher drought, with the lack of suitably qualified
high school teachers nearing crisis levels, according to a new report. The
Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute warned a combination of more high
school students and fewer specialist maths teachers meant urgent action was
needed to maintain standards.
